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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
Khalid Mohammed Azam, Fremont, CA (US);
Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Gary Ward Richardson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Daniel Michael Kiewlich, Burlingame, CA (US);
Hoi-tauw Jozef Chou, San Ramon, CA (US);
Khalid Mohammed Azam, Fremont, CA (US);
Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Gary Ward Richardson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Daniel Michael Kiewlich, Burlingame, CA (US);
Hoi-Tauw Jozef Chou, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual content store may be provided. Upon receiving a request for a content stream from a subscriber at a regional headend, a central content vault may be examined to determine whether the content stream is available. Once the content stream is determined to be available in the central content vault, a streaming session may be established to the subscriber from the regional headend. The content stream may be retrieved from the central content vault and provided to the subscriber via the streaming session.